2 The Beginning 2 (1/2)
Garen found a seat in the back of the bus next to his sister. He glanced at the students sitting in the seats in front of them and saw that everyone else was also wearing Shengying Academy’s uniforms. The girls were dressed like his sister, wearing a white t-shirt paired with a black miniskirt and black leggings.
On the other hand, the boys were wearing stylish slim-fit white shirts, black trousers and black shoes. They looked neatly uniformed.
The students were chattering in groups, with laughter all around them.
Not long after they stepped on, the bus stopped again, and two more students from the academy came in.
After many stops in the same manner, two handsome boys hopped on while chatting; one of them was tall and slim, while the other had a sturdy build. Both looked confident and classy, and they immediately drew the attention of the girls on the bus.
Garen sat next to his sister and saw her unconsciously staring at the two guys that just boarded the bus. He was comparing himself to them but shook his head helplessly. He looked at them just once more before withdrawing his eyes.
There were too many ordinary guys like him sitting at inconspicuous corners on the bus; compared to those two, they were merely foil characters.
Garen watched as the scenery outside the window flew past. Street lamps stood one by one on both sides of the tidy streets. The surroundings were mostly composed of ordinary-looking concrete houses, but occasionally he could see some white marble buildings. The architectural style was a bit similar to the Europe’s. From time to time, there were cars speeding past the bus.
”Mom and dad told us not to go back home next week, so we need to spend the weekend at school. The company assigned them to a business trip, and since they might not come back this week, they told us to take care of ourselves,” said Ying Er in a low voice.
”Got it,” he nodded and replied in his usual tone. ”Oh right, your rank went up after the last exam. Dad bought you a teddy bear right?”
”So what?” Ying Er turned her head, ”If your grades went up mom would get you something as reward too.”
Garen smiled and stopped talking to her. Unexpectedly, he noticed that five red transparent numbers slowly emerged in the bottom part of his field of vision.
Garen restrained his smile. Shocked for a moment, he looked around, but no one had noticed his peculiar behavior. Those who were laughing continued, those who were chatting carried on with their conversations. Beside him, Ying Er pulled out a history textbook and started silently memorizing.
”What is this, is it the benefit of traveling to an alternate reality?” Garen had read many webnovels before, and some mentioned that people who traveled to alternate realities would have gifts bestowed upon them. He just thought he didn’t receive any, but after a while, something unnatural showed up. There were red symbols that apparently only he could see.
He focused on the five symbols at the bottom of his vision, and his lips moved silently as he read the information: ”Strength 0.31, Agility 0.22, Vitality 0.27, Intelligence 0.32, Potential 25%.”
Right after he finished reading them, a short and brief memory suddenly surged into his mind.
Garen closed his eyes and stood still on his seat. A moment later, he slowly opened them back, enlightened. ”I changed and gained superpowers as a result of electrocution and transmigration?” He clearly remembered the whole process of how this power came to be after the mutation, countless coincidences and complex unimaginable changes occurred before this ability was created.
”When the Potential attribute reaches 100%, I can increase one of the other four attributes?” Garen was puzzled and looked at the 25% Potential, but still could not believe it. ”Isn’t this the same as playing RPG games? I can choose which of my attributes I would like to increase in real life.”
Garen was aware that in this world, the technology was behind, and thus melee weapons were still used together with firearms. Therefore, if this ability could really improve his attributes, his future would be unimaginable compared to ordinary people.
”But, this isn’t just an illusion, right…” Garen thought with a mocking smile, ”Maybe I’m going crazy thinking about getting a superpower.”
The bus suddenly stopped.
”We’re here, everyone get off the bus.” The driver was a man with hard whiskers, he was yelling with his body turned around.
The students started getting off the bus one after another. Ying Er pushed Garen lightly to bring him back from his daydream and got off the bus first, carrying her backpack.
A line of black school buses was parked near the edge of a huge green lawn, while students of the Shengying Academy were continuously moving toward a group of buildings at the other side, all dressed in the same uniform, white at the top and black at the bottom.
At the far end of the lawn stood a swath of buildings. The main building had a white dome with yellow patterns, and around it there were towering buildings with dozens of floors with white domes and dark yellow patterns. In the distance, one could vaguely see large buildings with similar architecture styles. Many students were moving between them, and among them there were some teachers wearing black uniforms.